Albert Lea Municipal
AEL · KAEL · Albert Lea, Minnesota · Freeborn County · map
Albert Lea Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Albert Lea, 3 miles north of Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1,261 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AEL · ICAO KAEL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Albert Lea
- Elevation
- 1,261 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 740 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 2,898 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 7 ft high 332 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.8 | |
| Ael and aWOS-3PT | 119.575 | |
| Rochester and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 507-377-1583.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Albert Lea from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Albert Lea, Minnesota: 28 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 drones, 2 helicopters, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- TV tower 9.5 NM southeast.
- Activate odals runway 17; runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 preset to low sunset to sunrise to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Tie down fee waved with fuel purchase.
- 100LL and mogas fuel available 24 hour with credit card.
- Runway 05 has 5 feet brush 79 feet from the runway end and 79 feet right.
- Gliders and helicopters use grass parallel to runway 17/35 on east side and appr area to runway 23.
- Multiple transitional obstructions runway 05 and runway 35.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.